Concert jazz albums till recently were not released almost absolutely in Ukraine – and now releases of such recordings have not yet become an ordinary thing. And if you consider the instrumental composition – the 6-string guitar plus the two fingerboard bass guitar – you won't, probably, discover another such work in the whole discography of Ukrainian jazz. However, not clothes decorate a person, this is clear. Virtuosity of Olexander Lyubchenko really strikes – one can only regret that the disc does not contain a video recording. But what strikes even more is how voluminous, open to all sides of the wind his music is. It seems to have absorbed true colors from various corners of the world remaining at the same time – distinctly personal. Whichever intonation might sound there – Latin-American, Balkan, blues, etc. – all the same, a concrete personality, a certain outlook looms through the transparent curtain of quick as lightning passages. Here is the value – and it is for this reason that the album creates an integral space, calls to participation (and it works – the audience on that evening reacted very actively). I would separately note how brightly, exactly, truly "deliciously" Myhailo Krymov's play sounds. If you have only heard him in the project "Krymov Duo" – one could say that you have not heard even a half of it. And the thing is not only that Krymov Duo till now have released only studio recordings. Obviously, expression of this concert, of this space was so powerful that Myhailo opened up not only technically but also emotionally, and that was really worth it. It appeared beautiful. Briefly, one would really wish to agree with professional critics, who have already had time to refer to this album as "at least a prominent one".

..these are anyway not flashes or explosions, but – light fog, hints, mid-tones, mid-shades.. Heat and cool interweave here rather whimsically – one only needs to make a little step aside to be inside, in the heart of the music, and for it to appear in one's heart.

...And once again one gets convinced that it is not by accident that the guitar remains one of the most popular instruments in the world. It is able to convey this palette of feelings and so brightly when in trained hands that words become simply redundant.

..That's right, the music of this album really flows – there is no stagnant water at all here. It's not very much like the sea, but it does not seem to have the temper of mountain rivers either. Confident, powerful, but gentle movement forward...

That's right: it is a fusion of diverse, multi-style guitar music and spicy rhythmic patterns – all of that together sounds very emotional and surprisingly rich. Another proof of that in order to create interesting, live music one does not necessarily need to gather a bunch of people.

Oleh Yarema has managed to develop a very lyrical, soft, transparent and fresh picture – it is softly lit from within, and one feels cozy with the light... I think that "Presence" has all chances to please both those who appreciate just a good performance technique – and fans of beautiful, emotionally saturated melodies and subtle patterns.

If we speak about Lush Life – this is virtually the only group in Ukraine today that performs music in the jazz-manouche style. And already absolutely sure – this is the author of the first Ukrainian album with such music. The debut is convincing, and more than that – just beautiful. Cool.

Probably, you know music by Zoller. The key zest of this album, however, is that the main emphasis is put, strangely enough, not quite on the guitar: together with drums and the contrabass it creates the basic canvas, and the already mentioned contrabass together with the flute and, from time to time, the piano – add to the sounding the brightest and deepest colors, and not only solo..

this music sounds timely – although, possibly, the point is that it simply does not belong to any definite time. And for this reason, having no rigid anchors, it feels comfortable anywhere, in any surroundings. In the end, one can hear in it echoes of the rock heat of the 1960s, and passion of flamenco, and blues and jazz greetings, and the school of the classic guitar, and country...

The idea of the recording arose quite spontaneously, unexpectedly for the musicians themselves – however, the album sounds regular, balanced, sometimes even a bit cool. And at the same time – warm, transparent, delicate, soft. Nothing strange – for the April sky is so changeable...

Thus, this time two guitarists at once will stand in the center of the project. And – in the tandem they sound very convincingly. The both musicians lead an equal dialogue – and that is really a talk, live communication, in which one can clearly hear both attentiveness and respect to the interlocutor.